She had a 19-year old son from her second marriage. Her son's name is Shiv Menon. Sujit Menon died in an accident.
Shashi Tharoor was her third husband. Even for Shashi Tharoor, it was third marriage. His first wife was Tilottama Mukherji.
After divorcing Tilottama, he married Christa Giles. He divorced Christa Giles before marrying Sunanda Pushkar.
Sunanda belonged to Sopore, Kashmir and came from a family of Army officers. Her father P.N.Dass is a retired army man. Sunanda came from a family of Kashmiri Brahmins.
When militants attacked and destroyed her house in 1990, her family shifted to Jammu.